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The Chiltern Hundreds
1949, Sep 27
1h 24m
Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave on the pretext of standing as a Tory candidate for a local seat held by his family for generations. The request is a ruse to enable Pym to marry his wealthy American fiancee while she's still in England, but his masterplan backfires when he finds himself swept into an election campaign and beaten by Labour's Mr Cleghorn – who is then made a peer. In an attempt to save face, Pym decides to stand again – as a socialist. It all proves too much for the Pyms' loyal, true-blue butler, Mr Beecham...
Directed by
John Paddy Carstairs
Written by
William Douglas-Home, Patrick Kirwan
Lana Morris
Bessie Sykes
A.E. Matthews
Lord Lister
Cecil Parker
Benjamin Beecham
Laurence Naismith
Reporter (uncredited)
David Tomlinson
Lord Tony Pym
Desmond Llewelyn
First Guardsman (uncredited)
Bill Shine
Reporter
Anthony Steel
Adjutant
Richard Wattis
Vicar (uncredited)
Joan Hopkins
Flower Show Attendee (uncredited)
Joyce Carey
Lady Caroline
Cyril Chamberlain
Sentry
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Lady Fielding
Marjorie Fielding
Lady Lister
Michael Brennan
Sergeant
Tom Macaulay
Cleghorn
Helen Backlin
June Farrell
Robert Cawdron
Sergeant
Peggy Ann Clifford
Mother
Richard Dunn
Labour Agent
Dervis Ward
Driver
John Wynn
Second Guardsman
Charles Cullum
Colonel
Gerald Andersen
Mr. Brown
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